As much as the nation pokes fun and points when we’re in the negative limelight, north Mississippi’s little puzzle piece of Americana culture and history is something they can never take away. Considering the members of Led Zeppelin told David Letterman a few months ago that Howlin’ Wolf played an early influence to the band’s [...]
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At least it made us forget about North Korea for a few days
It happens all the time. Somebody may ask what bond was set for an arrest from a few weeks ago or when an upcoming event is going to be. Rarely can I spout off a solid answer on those details right off the top of my head. With the thousands of words a week of [...]
Festivalitis. One of the most contagious feel goods of the season
If you’ve known anybody who’s gone to a school in north Monroe County in the past 20-something years, you knew there was going to be a fight last weekend. Whatever tension may have arisen in November only amplified in time when one person told the other, in so many words, that it would be resolved [...]
A weekend in the life of a hobo
My fascination with all things hobo started about a month ago. I don’t remember the exact moment, but I know that it stemmed from all the talk around the office about the Railroad Festival. As a child, I always loved seeing Steamtrain Maury at school. He would come and talk to us about littering and [...]
Monroe County Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Report
The economy continues to show signs of improvement. The stock market had its best yearly quarter since 1998. During the first quarter, U.S. manufacturing jobs showed the greatest gain in two years. Although there is still a great deal of uncertainty about the long term strength of the economy, one cannot argue that overall, it [...]
The cyber shot felt ’round the world
The Pandora radio was lagging like a scratched CD. The Youtube would only load up a Michael Jackson video a little bit at a time. We had to wing the rest of the recipe since the Pinterest wouldn’t pull up. Wednesday nights at my house are no strangers to organized chaos among friends anyhow, but [...]
Legislative Report: Week of March 18, 2013
By District 20 Rep. Chris Brown In your house this week, we passed a variety of bills this week in advance of deadlines coming up in the last few weeks of the 2013 Legislative Session. Most of the bills were before the House for concurrence or non-concurrence. If the House voted to concur with Senate [...]
March. The epicenter of awesome?
Every year around Spring Break, the creative converge on Austin, Texas as a showcase of talents that may or may not blossom out throughout the rest of the year. Every year around March or April, you revel in the blossoming of color as trees and plants give way to an early sign of green held [...]
Legislative Report, March 20, 2013
By District 20 Rep. Chris Brown In your House of Representatives we faced another major deadline this week as they continued to address Senate bills on the House floor. By Wednesday, we needed to address all general, nonrevenue bills received from the Senate. If a Senate bill was not taken up and passed by Wednesday, [...]
